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UNITED STATES f PATENT OFFICEa Y HENRY `BULLARD, 'OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE MIDDLE'IOWN PLATE COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE. y

ICE-PITCHER.

SPECIFICATION `forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,263, dated March 20, 1883.

` y Application led January 24, 1883. (No model.)

Vin that class of ice-pitchers and vessels of like character which consist of a metal or other suitable material outer shell, inclosing an in 11er vessel of porcelain7 glass, or like material, so as to leave a space between the outer wall and the inner vessel, and commonly called double-wall pitchers,7 the object of the invention being to simplify and eheapen the construction; and the invention consists in the construction of the pitcher, as hereinafter t described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the outer wall, which may be of any desirable shape, according` to the requirements ofthe trade or tasteof the manufacturer. At its upper end, upon the inside,

van annular ledge, a, is formed.

B is the inner vessel, which is `made from porcelain, glass, or other suitable like material, of so much less external diampter than the internal diameter of the outer wall as to leave a space, b, between the two.

Atthe upper edge of the inner vessel an outward annular projecting flange, d, is formed,

' which rests upon the ledge a on lthe outer wall,

and so that the top of the inner vessel will stand flush with or a little .below the upper edge of the outer wall, as shown.

Around the upper edge ot' the inner vessel is a groove, into which a suitable packing, e, is introduced. This packing may be of any of theknown materials for so` packing the joint `as to prevent the escape of water. Around the top of the chamber is a cap or rim, C. This is in width sufficient to extend over both the outer and the inner wall. Upon its inner edge a flange, f, is turned downward inside the innervessel, and at a little distance from the top the liange turns inward and forms an annular ledge, h. This ledge h is for the purpose Y of supporting the ice-holder, which is made detachable from the pitcher, and so that icc may be placed in the ice-holder and then set into the pitcher, the flange on the iceholder D engaging the ledge l1l on the flange f, so as to be supported within the' pitcher.

The pitcheris provided with the usualspout, cover, and handle-that is to say, in such water-holders as are providedwith handle and spout; but in such as are provided with afancet only, then the handle and spout will be omitted, as in the usual construction, it'being understood that my invention is applicable to the various classes of double-wall Water-coolers.

The cap or rim C is soldered to the outer wall after the inner vessel is in place, the packing e being eompressedby the rim, so as to prevent the escape of water over the outside of the inner vessel into the space between the two walls.

I claiml. The combination of the outer wall, A,

constructed with the internal projection orV rest, a, the inner vessel, B, constructed with an external projection, d, to rest upon the projection a, and with a groove around its upper edge, the rim C, soldered to the outer wall, extending over the inner vessel, with a flange therefrom extending down inside the inner vessel, and with a packing, e, between the rim and the top of the inner vessel, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the outer wall, A, constructed with the internal projection or rest, a., the inner vessel, B, constructed with an external projection, d, to rest upon the projection a, and with a groove around its upper edge, the rim C, soldered to the outer wall, extending over the inner vessel,with an internal ,projection or rest, It, for the ice-holder, and

with a packing, e, between the rim and the 9 top of the inner vessel, substantially as described. j

\ HENRY BULLARD.

Witnesses: w

JOHN W. BAKER, CHARLES R. LEWISa 

